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Valve has been in the news lately for its new products, the Steam Machine and the Steam Frame. However, it also seems to have established itself as one of the most efficient companies in the world in financial terms. According to recent estimates by the research firm Alinea Analytics, collected by Tom’s Hardwarethe corporation could achieve an annual turnover close to 17 billion dollars. The surprising thing about this figure is not the total, but the performance per worker: with an estimated workforce of only 350 people, each employee would be generating approximately 50 million dollars.

These metrics place the video game company well above the traditional Silicon Valley giants in terms of per capita revenue. To put the data in perspective, leading companies like Apple or Meta generate around $2.4 million and $1.9 million per employee, respectively.

A flat structure and seven-figure salaries

The key to this profitability seems to lie in its peculiar corporate model. Being a private enterprise Not publicly traded, Valve is under no obligation to maximize short-term profits to satisfy outside shareholders, allowing its founders, like Gabe Newell, to focus on long-term viability. Furthermore, the company operates under a horizontal structure, without traditional managers or high-level executives, where all workers act as members of the same team.

The company itself is aware of its privileged position compared to the competition. In its new employee handbook, a document that was made public years ago, Valve explicitly states that its profitability per employee is superior to that of Google, Amazon or Microsoft. This efficiency also translates to compensation: leaks arising from past legal disputes suggest that the company allocates large sums to salaries, with a weighted average that could exceed $1.3 million annually per worker.